Mustang Magazine
Week of Monday, December 19 - Friday, December 23
Minimum Day- December 22, 2022
TK/K- 11:40 am
1st-6th Grades- 12:20 PM
Interested in sending your student to Petaluma Accelerated Charter School for 7th-8th Grades?
Click here for the slide show that was shared at the info night
View a video recording of last year's info night
2023 PACS Campus Tours - Sign-up here
● Wednesday, January 11 @ 11:00 AM
● Thursday, January 12 @ 9:00 AM
● Wednesday, January 18 @ 9:00 AM
● Tuesday, January 24 @ 1:30 PM
● Thursday, February 2 @ 11:00 AM
Timeline:
PACS Application Packets Available in the McKinley Office
Friday, December 16th
PACS Math and Writing Assessment (REQUIRED FOR ALL APPLICANTS )
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 3:30-5:00
Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 3:30-5:00
Enrollment Closes
Friday, January 27th - 4:00pm
Admission and Acceptance letters mailed to students by
Friday, February 24th
PACS Orientation and First Day of School
August 2023
Information will be shared Summer of 2023
For more information on the application process and to access the application click here
Library News
I have been busy and having a lot of fun ordering new books for our McKinley library! Thank you to the Petaluma Community Guild for their generous grant. We now have about 95 new books in the library!
Yay For Author Visits!
We have author Cindy Derby on Tuesday, 1/10/23, with her new book "Blurp!". This visit will be for TK-3rd grades.
Please see attached order form or here is an online order link, password is Read
On Friday, 1/13/23, Graphic Novelist Maria Scriven will be here with her graphic novel series Nat Enough. This visit will be for grades 4th-6th. https://www.mariascrivan.com/
Please see attached order form or here is an online order link, password is Read
Wishing all Mustang families a happy and safe Holiday Season!
Redwood Empire Food Bank
Please see the information below from one of our PACS students:
My name is Daniella Skye and I am a seventh grader here at McKinley/PACS. Recently, I have done some volunteer work at Redwood Empire Food Bank. I did a school wide food drive last year, and we collected 540 pounds of food! This year, I want to continue this food drive and get even more food!
I placed barrels from the Food Bank in the breezeway near the office. It would be great if you could donate some food there! It will start on Monday, 12/5, and end on December 21st so if you are going to donate, please do it before December 21st!! After that, we will drive the food up to the Food Bank. They accept canned foods and foods that won’t go stale quickly, like boxed items, and no glass! Thank you so much!
Costume Donations for Shrek The Musical Jr.
Do you have a super cute witch costume that your little witch grew out of and you would like to give a new life onstage? Wanted to take up the hobby of sewing during the lockdown but now have a great sewing machine that you never use? Half-filled cans of paint that you would like us to take off your hands? Are you a fabric hoarder who would like to donate a sparkly, scary, or sweet part of your stash? Take a look and sign up for anything you are looking to donate or clear out of your space.
Click here to see what items are needed. Please drop off all donations at the McKinley office.
Trex Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Challenge
McKinley & PACS will participate in the Trex plastic bag and film recycling challenge starting on December 6th. The school will be competing against other schools across the country to see if we can recycle the most plastic bags and plastic film. The winning school will receive a new Trex bench! From December 6th - April 15th (Earth Day), there will be bins at both entrances of the school for you to recycle your plastic bags and film.
Please know that this is only for plastic bags and plastic film items. Signage of what is accepted and not accepted will be noted on the collection bins.
Click the link to understand what is an acceptable item to include in the collection bin.
Earn McKinley free money. Use Amazon Smile.
Did you know that you can earn your school free money every time you buy merchandise through Amazon.com? Amazon smile donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases bought through smile.amazon.com to the charity of your choice.
Same amazon you know but in order to generate donations, you must always shop at smile.amazon.com instead (or configure your Amazon App)
The Amazon Smile program allows you to do this with a one time simple set up process. Cannot get easier!
How it works
Join Amazon Smile
- Log into smile.amazon.com with your amazon.com login information
- Mouseover Account & Lists and click on AmazonSmile
- Click on the Change charity button
In the search box under “Or pick your own charitable organization” type in McKinley PACS and push the Search button.
Select McKinley/PACS PTA Petaluma from the list.
You’re done! You should receive the confirmation below. Now every time you start an Amazon purchase at smile.amazon.com a small portion of your purchase will go to McKinley.
Remember, if you purchase from Amazon.com and not through smile.amazon.com we will NOT receive funds. So please ALWAYS smile.amazon.com.
More PTA Announcements
Upcoming Events
- 12/16- Winter Festival
- 12/21- PTA Meeting- 6:30 (ZOOM ONLY)
- 12/23- Start of Winter Break- NO SCHOOL
- 1/9- First day back from break
- 1/11- PACS Tour- 11 am
- 1/12- PACS Tour- 9 am
- 1/13- TK-6 Tour - 10:45 am
- 1/16 - No School